Madison Heights High School
1965 Class Reunion

Rebecca (Becky) Marie Baum
 

Becky Baum with friend Alan Avary

On 11/7/2007, Becky wrote...

"Alan & I enjoyed being at the mini class reunion. Thanks for helping to organize it. The following are just a few of my running highlights.

I've been running for about 40 years and have run lots of races at distances up to a marathon. I probably had my greatest success as a marathon runner. From 1978 to 1989, I ran 18 marathons (26 miles 385 yards). Of those, I was first in the women's division in 5 of them.

In December of 1983, I won the women's division of the St. Louis Marathon in a time of 2:50:06 which was a personal best and qualified me to run the 1984 Olympic Trials Marathon.

In 1988, I came in 4th in the women's masters division (age 40+)of the Boston Marathon in a time of 2:54:58.

I don't devote nearly as much time to running as I used to; most of the races that I do now are 5 miles or less in length. Most recently, I ran the 5 km race at the National Senior Games in Louisville KY in late June of this year. I came in first in the women's 60-64 age group with a time of 21:39, which set a new National Senior Games age group record. Second place in my age group was over 2 minutes behind me.

I enjoy running and hope be able to continue racing competitively for many years.

That's all for now. I hope you enjoy reading this.

Becky Baum"